Starring my great niece and nephew…nice work guys!
The Big Bang
I’ve posted stuff from these folks before. Its very impressive work and I like the last 2 minutes because I truly think there is some accuracy in the prediction.
BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
Roaring River
Another picture taken with the color accent feature – see the blue hikers on the right side. Only the color blue is supposed to show in the shot. I wanted to change it to green but by the time figured out how to do it, the trip was over.
Blue Forest
I used the color swap feature on my camera to swap out the greens and replace them with blue – surreal effect.
Mountain
I had the color accent on to accent only blue. This turned out pretty well but the depth of field was wrong. If the mountain was clear, this would have been a great photo.
Taken from rock
When there is nobody around to take a picture of the family, you just find a rock, balance the camera and set the timer. This didn’t turn out quite as well as I hoped.
Hell for Bread
One of my former students.
Chess complete
Well it isn’t really complete; it needs a lot of tweeking and fixing but I am not going to work on it any more. I need to move on and learn some more about 3D max - cameras, materials, lighting, etc…. This has been a good project and it came together better than I expected considering I was a complete novice just a few weeks ago. Max is fun and there is so much to learn. I doubt I will get bored with it anytime soon.
David and Teesha
We saw these two illusionist – magic with a Christian twist – on our trip to Colorado. They were amazing. We saw them two different times with a completely different show each time. They also conducted a workshop for the kids where they taught them some simple tricks and illusions. These two performers do great things and I think they will rise to the top of their profession in a hurry – great stuff and very nice people.
Back Again
Back from the mountains … good to be home except for the return of heat and humidity.
I took 333 photos – never would have done that back in the days of film. My kids don’t even know about film. The way you had to send it off and then the pictures and negatives would come back a few days later and then you got to look at the pictures and the chance to relive the vacation or event all over again. I miss that. We lost that anticipation and excitement when pictures went digital. No, I would not go back to the old days but … we have lost something. It’s not all good.
Anyway here is a nice shot of bull elk. This was shot from a moving car and I am surprised it turned out so well. I will post more as I sort through and choose the best. I will not post all 333.
Off to the Rockies
I’m off to the bush for a week. See you when I return.
Three things in life
Three things in life you have to know are:
- How to swim
- Balance your checkbook – well…. if you still use checks
- Live within your means
Little buddy is working on number 1 and doing a fine job!
Chess Moves con’t
Yes I am still working on animating a chess game. I finally modeled the knight and I am not real pleased with the result but you can’t see the modeling mistakes in the animation. I played with animating the camera some more and it is really hard to manipulate it just right to get the proper angle. I need lots more practice.
3D max is fun. I have enjoyed doing this project. The best way to learn software is not through tutorials but in doing something practical. I could have watched tutorials and followed along with some book but the real learning doesn’t occur until you actual do something. I am going to finish this up and post the final final video before I go on vacation.
Chess Move #3
Here is my third in a series of animated chess moves. This project is enabling me to learn more about 3D max – the god software I will be teaching next semester. Today I made an effort to refine the lighting, materials and camera moves on my chessboard. It is looking better and not a bad effort for my first ever 3D modeling and animation project. I can see that it takes years to get really good with all the options and systems on this software.
I tried modeling the knight – again – but it looked really bad, so I gave up and will have to start over – again. The next move involves the knight, so I have to finish it.
